10 Outrageously Dumb Darwin Award Winners

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  • @abnunga
    @abnunga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    My favourite was the guy who got his Darwin Award the non-lethal way, he removed himself from the gene pool when he attempted to steal lobsters from a store by hiding them in his trousers.

    • @SavitarTheSurfingGod
      @SavitarTheSurfingGod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I just have to wonder why he took the little tape things off the claws before putting them in his pants are we sure this wasn't some odd fetish?

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I wanna laugh but...owwww!

    • @barbaral743
      @barbaral743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nonlethal is a Darwin Honorable Mention

    • @martyg6753
      @martyg6753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@barbaral743 not if he was removed from the gene pool without reproducing.

    • @robertstoneking7916
      @robertstoneking7916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think they call those a living Darwin.

  • @TheRyanlax04
    @TheRyanlax04 6 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    A mysterious golden liquid in an unclaimed salsa jar, in every imaginable scenario, should never be consumed.

    • @Funnyfish66
      @Funnyfish66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But I wish to become immortal!

    • @ZeroCanalX
      @ZeroCanalX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @laser325 You really suffer from too much faith in humans, don't you?

    • @Tokiwartoothfrfr
      @Tokiwartoothfrfr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Forbidden Sipp

    • @Shady-Shane
      @Shady-Shane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @laser325 i just googled it 'Gary Allen Banning' seems true enough,

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      " Oh nurse, what happened to the urinalysis sample i just set here"?

  • @Zaash1
    @Zaash1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    My favorite Darwin award has to be the man who climbed into the bear enclosure at a Dutch zoo and kicked a bear between the hind legs because he wanted to know if the bear was male. It was. It did not appreciate being kicked in the nuts.

    • @lizanna6390
      @lizanna6390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Anyone who climbs into the enclosure of a dangerous animal deserves a Darwin award

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Fjordy McFjord “It did not appreciate being kicked in the nuts”
      Understatement of the Year!

    • @mbossy-22-63
      @mbossy-22-63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fjordy McFjord regenerate by umbrella corporation

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Like kicking a female bear would be much smarter

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That sure sounds like a dummy

  • @themarquess
    @themarquess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    If memory serves, no. 8's mistake was always throwing himself at the same window. Over the course of time he gradually weakened the frame, so that eventually it gave in.

    • @jamestoomer1330
      @jamestoomer1330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yeah I used to install all kinds of windows and I don't care what kind of glass it is, I'm not throwing myself against a 24th story window haha

    • @karyndewit193
      @karyndewit193 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamestoomer1330exactly!

  • @ragalyiakos
    @ragalyiakos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +953

    My favorite award winner is the guy who didnt actually die because of his stupidity, but died in such a stupid fashion they gave him one anyway.
    The guy wanted to kill himself, and he decide to go foolproof. He climbed to a high cliffface next to the sea, where he tied a rope to a tree and the other end to his neck. He drank some poison, doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire, and he wanted to shoot himself the moment he jumped.
    The bullet he fired ended up severing the rope without killing him. He fell into the sea where he was submerged long enough for the flames to be put out. He swallowed way too much saltwater, which he vomited out, along with the poison. He was found hours later by a couple of fishermen and was rushed to a hospital...
    Where he died of hypothermia.

    • @pandorasbox4238
      @pandorasbox4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Irony at it's finest.

    • @KittyFister
      @KittyFister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That's a cool story.

    • @xxkewldudexx
      @xxkewldudexx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      r/thathappened

    • @28russ
      @28russ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Cool story............Needs more explosions and vampires though

    • @SmashLiXs
      @SmashLiXs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      honestly this sounds like something from cyanide & happiness

  • @pacman52280
    @pacman52280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1084

    My personal favorite didn't make the list. There was a terrorist who set up a package to explode when opened. He mailed the package including his return address. He didn't have enough postage on the package the first time around, so it was delivered back to him with a notice saying "Postage Due". Instead of doing the smart thing, he does the stupidest thing ever: he opened the package, thus killing himself instead of his intended target.

    • @karlscheel3500
      @karlscheel3500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      pacman 52280 I remember that incident; it was hilarious!

    • @Joelama123
      @Joelama123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Now that's karma for you!

    • @quintenwhyte6660
      @quintenwhyte6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds like Tintin's comic...The Broken Ear!

    • @pacman52280
      @pacman52280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Modustollens1, yes, that one also is a favorite of mine.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      There was another terrorist, who was planning to blow up a movie theater where they played porn movies. His plan was to go into the auditorium, place a suitcase with explosives under one of the seats, then leave before it exploded.
      Unfortunately for himself, he became so engrossed with the naughty images on the big screen that he forgot that he was supposed to leave, so the bomb exploded right beneath his legs, ruining both them and his "crown jewels"

  • @zac9933
    @zac9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    "He suffered a broken arm and a brain injury"
    Are we sure the latter wasn't preexisting?

    • @Mochrie99
      @Mochrie99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kind of hard to have a brain injury when someone is lacking a brain.....

  • @dagoon6326
    @dagoon6326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "When you tell most Americans that they need to do something they feel as though that there freedom is being impeded" why am I feeling deja vu

  • @everythingthrice2582
    @everythingthrice2582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    "All men die, but some can't wait."

    • @keithbuckenmeyer8659
      @keithbuckenmeyer8659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Everything Thrice Awesome! That needs to be on a T-shirt! 😂👍

  • @CrazyKittyCatty
    @CrazyKittyCatty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "The U.S. has the most Darwin award Winners, by far"
    and he looked into the future

  • @isaacmcmanus3666
    @isaacmcmanus3666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    I love the Darwin Awards, we should create a competition for who can die in the stupidest way, the winner gets lifetime free health insurance of the highest quality.

    • @fghdkjlfkghfc
      @fghdkjlfkghfc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I just realized that whoever comes up with the stupidest way to *die*, gets *lifetime* health insurance. That is brilliantly trollish.

    • @isaacmcmanus3666
      @isaacmcmanus3666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Flack Jacket Life insurance is too sincere.

    • @arandomyoutubeuser_____8930
      @arandomyoutubeuser_____8930 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      There would probably be people that would fall for that 😅

    • @jounazi8125
      @jounazi8125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      but with highest quality. So yoy can do stupid thing then get revivet

    • @Maitimop
      @Maitimop 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...Um....

  • @ericp9479
    @ericp9479 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    The Darwin Awards are as old as the internet. Somehow they never get boring.

    • @thanksfornothing5636
      @thanksfornothing5636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eric P
      the internet was created in 1994 back then it was called the "world wide web"

    • @ericp9479
      @ericp9479 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Peter Poot I remember. Although we had modems back in the 80s.

    • @darkamora5123
      @darkamora5123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Peter Poot actually it was created back in 1983 and back then it was called ARPANET. The world wide web just changed the way it was accessed.

    • @miskatonic6210
      @miskatonic6210 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kobun37 Shouldn't be hard to do some research on when the original, official Darwin Awards were founded. Still got the first books (I'm a german biologist and had to import the books...loved this stuff sooo much).

    • @catjudo1
      @catjudo1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lets face it, people continue to kill themselves in the most obnoxious ways. Make something idiot-proof and humanity will just go make a better idiot...

  • @BrewBlaster
    @BrewBlaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    What about the idiot who recently got mauled by a bear while taking a selfie with the bear?

    • @allanlank
      @allanlank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Skinny Daniel Most Darwin award winners are male, 7 males for each female.

    • @allanlank
      @allanlank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @mrgerminaro Most maulings are done to right wing gunsexuals who think their guns make them invulnerable. When you get between a cub and momma bear, you can shoot her but she'll swat your head off with the energy of her dying breath.

    • @cumbdunt7139
      @cumbdunt7139 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michealsidaway7935 You ever see videos taking place in Brazil or India?

    • @lockhack
      @lockhack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Goodness Graces, want to see someone on the left win a logical debate? What is the topic? I am not super far left but if I hold the stance you wish to debate I am fairly certain you will lose.

    • @jamesmeritt6800
      @jamesmeritt6800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goodness Graces, look at a map. USA is the size of all of Europe. California alone is the size of all Japan. US states are about the size of European countries: perhaps the comparison should be by state in the US.

  • @lmpkfs7644
    @lmpkfs7644 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    My personal favorite Darwin Award is the “Stab Proof Jacket”. A man bought a new jacket, and he wanted to determine if it were ‘stab proof’. His wife, who had left for vacation returned to the house to find his corpse and a pool of blood. When the police came to the scene, they determined that the man had died from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds.

    • @DiamondPugs
      @DiamondPugs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wait, multiple stab wounds? He went for another try after it failed the first time?

    • @MaegnasMw
      @MaegnasMw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DiamondPugs apparently he HAD to make sure! :P

  • @mattavenson7542
    @mattavenson7542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    "When you tell most Americans what to do, they think you're impeding on their freedoms." This has aged well, hasn't it?

    • @Car-rp8dg
      @Car-rp8dg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I’m American and you are right

    • @TheRetirednavy92
      @TheRetirednavy92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I encourage some folks to do stupid stuff.

    • @NavyDiver912
      @NavyDiver912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      In the US, we have the freedom do be idiots.

    • @felatiome331
      @felatiome331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@NavyDiver912 And then blame everyone else when your decision goes wrong.

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@NavyDiver912 If only others had the freedom not to suffer from your idiocy.

  • @macgeek2004
    @macgeek2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ooh, hey! What about that guy who decided to have his wife shoot a phonebook he held in front of himself with a .50 Cal DEagle and film it for a TH-cam stunt?

    • @hauntedshadowslegacy2826
      @hauntedshadowslegacy2826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's possible that the incident was intentional on his part. I guess you could categorize it as 'assisted suicide', but she really didn't want to do it. If anything, she was the stupid one for not trying to find some way to avoid the incident altogether. ('Honey, no, this is stupid dangerous. Maybe you should see a psychiatrist?')

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd pay to see that

    • @stuartsiglain3972
      @stuartsiglain3972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His last words were “oof”.

  • @peathead4450
    @peathead4450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Actually, I miss the story of the guy who washed his testicles in a golf ball washing machine. This did not kill him, but he has won the Darwin award back in (I think 2001), for he did make sure he would never would have any offspring...

    • @mayday6916
      @mayday6916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where do they get these ideas????

    • @Ajehy
      @Ajehy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why do men seem so obsessed with sticking their genitals in strange/dangerous places? If they’re as sensitive as I’m led to believe, wouldn’t you want to protect them?

    • @waynekendrick8524
      @waynekendrick8524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ajehy ....MOST of us do.......

    • @nirfz
      @nirfz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ajehy: We aren't in general. Only idiots put them in danger. (or masochists) This specific idiot thought it to be funny due to the sign saying "wash your balls here". But obviously he wasn't able to grasp how the golf balls would be cleaned...

  • @rhov-anion
    @rhov-anion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As someone whose first job was a ride operator at Knott's Berry Farm, if you ever lose something on a ride, please tell a ride operator, even just the queue guy. We know that ride inside and out, we're in communication with the person at the control booth, and we don't WANT debris around the track that might disrupt operation, so we'll happily get it out of there for you. We get lost items every day, we're used to it, and we really don't want the trauma of seeing your body parts sprayed across our ride.
    (Although really, never wear glasses, hats, or have loose items in your pocket on roller coasters. Gravity exists.)

  • @bettyjames4155
    @bettyjames4155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Psychics" never see it coming.

    • @tomryan914
      @tomryan914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Registration for my daughters swimming lessons(long line) at community centre. People entering asking staff what hall to set up for weekend 'Psychic Fair'. "You'd think they'd know!", I said.

    • @bettyjames4155
      @bettyjames4155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomryan914 🤣

  • @fruitloops3718
    @fruitloops3718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    As a teenager living in east Tennessee during the 70's, I remember this was such a big deal that they made it illegal to perform snake handling ceremonies at these backwoods churches. I am stretching it by calling these places churches. The uproar however was due to the loss of religious freedom. Yes Darwin awards are appropriate for this activity.

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I look at places like that and internally scream, "Stop being on our side!"

  • @anthonybanks4568
    @anthonybanks4568 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    The NZ guy gets hit in the arse and dies of a brain injury lmao that’s priceless !

    • @Ptero4
      @Ptero4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Try getting hit ANYWHERE by a fast moving vehicle. It will cause your body's inertial state to suddenly change from stationary to whatever speed the vehicle was going at, pushing you in the direction the vehicle was travelling and sending you straight to the pavement. Nice way of getting multiple injuries in the process.

    • @sifibuckle
      @sifibuckle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What was the last thing to go through his mind when he died? His arse!

    • @bogdangabrielonete3467
      @bogdangabrielonete3467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No surprise, since his brain was apparently in his bum

  • @bplup6419
    @bplup6419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Most Darwin Awards AND we have Florida Man. Step up your game, world.

    • @mimibeard1766
      @mimibeard1766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No! Step down yours 😅

    • @Arterexius
      @Arterexius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah, we'd rather not and you seem to be handling this fine. I mean, flat earthers and antivaxxers gotta win something

    • @ZeroKage69
      @ZeroKage69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Having Florida man is basically cheating though.

    • @davidhowell1415
      @davidhowell1415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Florida man is to op!!

  • @xxMrBaldyxx
    @xxMrBaldyxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite Darwin Award is the story about the man who drowned in his own kitchen sink. He came home one night and (for unknown reasons) tried to climb inside through his kitchen window, despite having his keys in his pocket. He struggled to make his way through the small window and got his head stuck in the kitchen sink. Then he accidentally turned on the tap. The sink filled up with water and he drowned.

  • @bigmike9558
    @bigmike9558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You missed out on the dude who was warned of an Alligator in the water and he said F that Alligator then jump in anyway. Classic

    • @timeshark8727
      @timeshark8727 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      honestly, the odds are in the humans favor there. alligators are pretty chill. more likely to just swim away than attack. ... not that I'd test that personally.

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was that the idiot in Florida near Disneyworld?

    • @CrazyBear65
      @CrazyBear65 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trump ought to do that.

  • @douglasw9624
    @douglasw9624 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One I recall from a couple decades ago was a fellow who was visiting Yellowstone national park. He brought his dog with him (off leash of course) and when he arrived at some of the thermal "hot pots" the dog promptly ran and jumped into the scalding water. As if that wasn't stupid enough...he then jumped in to save the dog. Both died of course.

    • @nicholasjessup6788
      @nicholasjessup6788 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That one is featured in Part Three of this series.

  • @creekwalker62
    @creekwalker62 6 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    A Darwinian award winners last words; hey y'all watch this!

    • @yukelss
      @yukelss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      hold my beer

    • @AgentDev542
      @AgentDev542 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      GERONIMO.....!!!!! 🙌

    • @bigmike9128
      @bigmike9128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yukels you beat me too it .

    • @AgentDev542
      @AgentDev542 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no one LMAO!!

    • @LordDice1
      @LordDice1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's not loaded, I'll prove it...

  • @Iam_Dunn
    @Iam_Dunn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’m absolutely convinced my last words will be “Hold my beer....”

  • @PistolPat
    @PistolPat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Another story similar to #3: a teenager was decapitated by the Batman ride at Six Flags over GA after climbing 2 fences trying to retrieve his hat.

    • @Fake.plastic.guy.
      @Fake.plastic.guy. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Turns out he didn't need the hat after all.

    • @PistolPat
      @PistolPat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chris Gruno Well done sir.

    • @itsmrlonewolf
      @itsmrlonewolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Da na na na na na na na
      na na na na na hatman

    • @mistiandamelia
      @mistiandamelia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He also got 2 people killed who tried to jump in after he fell into water that had electricity. These people died but he didn't.

    • @Keyboardje
      @Keyboardje 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Found his hat, lost is head...

  • @briwheiles
    @briwheiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was a mechanic in Texas who decided that in order to determine what noise a car owner was referring to, he would hang on UNDERNEATH while the owner drove it. And well...

  • @TravJam317
    @TravJam317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "... but when you tell most Americans that you need to do something, they consider it to be impeding on their freedoms."
    And if you're not sure whether this is a true statement, 2020 is here to hammer the point home.

    • @gregbaldwin5144
      @gregbaldwin5144 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly right. I stopped watching the daily news years ago it's so depressing and frustrating

    • @charleshealy341
      @charleshealy341 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gregbaldwin5144 hiding your head in the sand, is not going to make the bad news go away.

    • @dotnhon22
      @dotnhon22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the Brits did so much better in 2020. If COVID in 2020 was the premier league, Britain would have tied for 1st place. Twats.

  • @gilberthenri9441
    @gilberthenri9441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Natural selection never fails... Leave a man alone for 5 mins and he'll find a way to hurt himself without any assistance from you! This from an ex-paramedic... Trust me, I've seen it. :-)

    • @EvilFookaire
      @EvilFookaire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Used to work at a bar where it took less than 2 minutes for a guy to decide it'd be funny if he stripped naked and shoved his fist up his rear. And when the paramedics showed up, youy could tell by their expression that to them it was "oh, it's Friday already?" - so I'll take your word on what you said from your view as an ex-paramedic.

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I used to work in hospitals. I have met many doctors and nurses who have worked in the ER. Humans are a very strange species.
      I remember one doctor telling us about a man who came into the ER and said he would only talk to a male doctor. No one else. Upon examination, his scrotum was massively swollen and badly infected. This happened when he'd been masturbating at work, after closing time, on a piece of machinery (apparently this was his fetish), but got his scrotum caught and tore it. He then used a nearby industrial stapler to close the wound. He presented at the ER nearly 2 weeks later dangerously flirting with sepsis. After draining the wound they discovered he was missing a testicle and the other one was basically dying as the ordeal had severed a blood vessel that fed that testicle and it was starved of blood. They also noted some possible gangrene so his whole scrotum and contents had to be removed.
      And that's one of the least stomach-churning stories I've heard.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That beats mine in grossness of the young couple in Atlanta GA in 1978. They were driving on I-75 and she was giving him head. They were hit from behind. She bit him in half; while he bled to death she was asphyxiated. That's a true story; I was the ambulance driver.

    • @silence439
      @silence439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂

    • @silence439
      @silence439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      EvilFookaire 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MitchBurns
    @MitchBurns 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Really, no mention of the guy who tried to rob a Washington DC gun store with two marked cop cars outside? Needless to say he wasn't the only one with a gun there, and he was shot over two dozen times.

    • @nirfz
      @nirfz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember that story, he had to walk around one of the parked police cars to even enter the store.

    • @locohombreau
      @locohombreau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My absolute favourite Award winner.

  • @rendezvouzwithrama
    @rendezvouzwithrama 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    My two favorite Darwin award winners were the kid at a party that decided to play Russian roulette - with a semi-automatic pistol. And the guy who was found stabbed twice, once through the heart. The injuries were self-inflicted. Why? He had a new Kevlar jacket and wanted to see if it was stab proof. It's the fact that he stabbed himself through the hear AFTER proving the jacket wasn't knife-proof that makes me LOL.

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      reminds me of a story called "flak-jacket testing by a fool".
      a guy wearing a bullet-proof vest went around asking random people to shoot him with different guns!
      eventually someone shot him a little TOO LOW for the vest to help.
      he didn't die, but he suffered a spinal injury that still makes it hard for him to walk...

    • @charleshealy341
      @charleshealy341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I heard a related version of this, two idiots are in the army. One wants to prove to the other that his flak jacket is not able to be stabbed through with a knife. He tells his buddy to take out his knife and try and stab through it. You know how that one ended.

    • @briancohenthepfjmassive.4769
      @briancohenthepfjmassive.4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to be over 21 to win a Darwin award but you don't have to die. If you lose your reproduction organs you can qualify.

  • @leonlipschitz3148
    @leonlipschitz3148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Seen a Darwin Award qualifier first hand
    Many years ago I was at a youth camp in Port Elizabeth South Africa
    For some odd reason jellyfish seems to frequent the beaches there in abundance
    The mussels enjoyed the free lunches there making beelines for the washed ashore jellyfish eating them alive
    On the beach that day was one of the Macho men
    He had to be the main man and show off
    He grabbed one of the stranded Jellyfish and put it on his head laughing and said
    KYK MY HOED
    KYD MY HOED
    (Look at my hat)
    Seconds later he collapsed after the jellyfish rendered him a sharp sting
    He wa smushed to hospital but not sure if he made it or not
    Guess the jellyfish did not feel like been called a Hat

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well if South Africa had a top contender for the global Darwin Awards. They just found there MVP.

    • @wolfieinu
      @wolfieinu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Die ergste Darwin Awards in SA gaan aan diegene wat nog steeds ANC stem

    • @donkink3114
      @donkink3114 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even though English may not be your first language you really made me laugh as I understood what you typed thank you

    • @hanro50
      @hanro50 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oof...

  • @sarahlevine776
    @sarahlevine776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When my mom heard about some of these things, she wondered what they had been doing as kids and if they played outside much.

  • @Zanzibar_Dallax
    @Zanzibar_Dallax 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I'm from Sandusky, Ohio (where #3 takes place) and I remember that happening. There are plenty of signs posted to remove items from pockets and even glasses. Even places to put them for each rider. Not surprised in the least it happened, actually almost surprised it doesn't happen more often lol.

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How the bozo missed all the signs, the announcements, and the big bins in which to put your stuff is beyond me. But what really floors me is the 30 minute wait time until the paramedics got there. What the ever-lovin' heck? When I worked at the Point, about a million years ago (1975 and 1976, to be precise -- yep, I was there for the first season of the Corkscrew -- utter madness!), an ambulance could get to that part of the park in fifteen minutes flat, either by the Causeway or the Chausee. Did the city close a fire station or something?

    • @djomen131
      @djomen131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I grew up about 10 mins from Sandusky, and I had always heard that it took his head off, because he didn't jump on the tracks because the raptor is a hanging coaster.

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@djomen131 That's exactly what had to have happened, and what is depicted in the animation.

    • @debpatterson4645
      @debpatterson4645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@haplessasshole9615 When I saw that animation, the first thing I thought of was "I'd hate to have been the people in the front row of that car"

    • @haplessasshole9615
      @haplessasshole9615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@debpatterson4645 Me, too -- traumatized for life!

  • @greygalah
    @greygalah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I'm conflicted: do i laugh, cringe or feel sad for humanity?

    • @Christinebanks11
      @Christinebanks11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      grey galah both

    • @Luinta
      @Luinta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "yes"

    • @silence439
      @silence439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      grey galah laugh bc they are removed from the gene pool

    • @hauntedshadowslegacy2826
      @hauntedshadowslegacy2826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Should feel glad for humanity, because survival chances of the rest go up with every incident like these.

    • @smokeemifyougotem9662
      @smokeemifyougotem9662 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Feel happy because the stupid are dying and directly benefiting humanity

  • @Bloodsrunsthicker
    @Bloodsrunsthicker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    A thousands ways to Die was a great show!!!!
    We need a reboot of it.

    • @Ptero4
      @Ptero4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree. I loved that show.

  • @bippythechippy882
    @bippythechippy882 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I listened to this with the Benny Hill theme. It became better.

  • @Saiaix
    @Saiaix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    US: We're number one! We're number one! Wait...

  • @bigmike9128
    @bigmike9128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Well they say smoking will kill you.

    • @frederickj.7136
      @frederickj.7136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it will, big mike. Particularly if the smoke is coming from the scalp and cranium of a motorcyclist who despises helmet laws and the wearing of protection.
      Ditto the tattoo'd airheads who ride along in back wearing a tube top and shorts... a.k.a., DIY dermabrasion.

    • @debpatterson4645
      @debpatterson4645 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Stinkus55 Groan

  • @kstormgeistgem461
    @kstormgeistgem461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would say that the last title could pretty much sum up the whole list...
    "The ancestors were disappointed."

  • @johndunkelburg5143
    @johndunkelburg5143 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    My favorite Darwin Award was a dumb criminal story, titled Wrong Place, Wrong Time; a would-be thief tried to hold up a firearm store outside of Seattle, WA in 1990; he had to walk around a marked police cruiser parked out front and when he saw that the police officer was inside the store talking with his friend the store clerk, he immediately drew his handgun and announced the stickup by firing into the ceiling; he was promply dispatched by the police officer who was backed up by the clerk who was armed as well.

    • @dalesplitstone6276
      @dalesplitstone6276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I prefer the idiot that tried to rob a donut shop.

    • @coupledyetivonvanderburg5385
      @coupledyetivonvanderburg5385 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or the one who tried to rob a jewelers, but went into the gun shop next to it instead.

    • @EvilFookaire
      @EvilFookaire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reminds me of a story of two guys deciding to rob a bar somewhere between 1992 and 1995. A bar frequented by cops and owned by one of the big-wigs of a local NRA chapter. These two didn't get turned into swiss cheese, but yeah, it definitely didn't end with a "they lived happily ever after".

    • @matts1166
      @matts1166 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There was a couple guys that once tried to rob a bingo parlor. The problem was that the building was basically a "duplex" setup. On the other side of the shared wall was a bar, filled with a biker gang that didn't take kindly to old people they personally knew being robbed at knifepoint.

    • @jamesmeritt6800
      @jamesmeritt6800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like the guys that tried to rob a bank in DC during their lunch break: note-do not attempt to rob a bank on federal payday across the street from FBI headquarters. Those lines are full of pissed off(read underpaid, in their opinion) armed FBI agents.

  • @shanem8957
    @shanem8957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember the cedar point one. I was there waiting in line with my dad when it happened. They shut down the ride (we assumed it was technically difficulties). It wasn’t until we saw the paramedics that we knew what happened. My family members (who weren’t there) and my dad’s friends were calling him panicking bc the news said a middle aged man was hit by a rollercoaster at cedar point.

  • @kribiscus8052
    @kribiscus8052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "But when you tell most americans to do something, they consider it to be impeding on their freedoms" never has this line been more accurate than todays world

  • @VulpesFidelis
    @VulpesFidelis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    #1 is a special kind of dumb, from an insider's POV: Why the hell would the spirits of one's ancestors, make one immortal?
    Think about it: Doesn't a belief in the blessing of ancestral spirits, require one to join those spirits at some point?
    Can't do that if you're immortal…

    • @juttamaier2111
      @juttamaier2111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because they don't like him and don't want to deal with him in whatevwr afterworld he thinks they are...

    • @VulpesFidelis
      @VulpesFidelis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @stanislavkostarnov2157
      @stanislavkostarnov2157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      maybe, if you are annoying enough, they will want to keep you out?

  • @quintenwhyte6660
    @quintenwhyte6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This is why aliens wont talk to us!

    • @dalesplitstone6276
      @dalesplitstone6276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually, it is why they don't consider us a threat.

    • @henrikbger4111
      @henrikbger4111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      we're their "24/7 reality tv network"

    • @TheDiamondInvader
      @TheDiamondInvader 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We get amused watching humans.

    • @gamesman0118
      @gamesman0118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's also why I immediately reject any claim of "Close Encounters". Why would any intelligent race come here?

    • @fhisaldsfulda3241
      @fhisaldsfulda3241 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheDiamondInvader mate don't blow your cover, I know it's tempting for the attention, but you can NEVER blow your cover.

  • @nathaniellevesque2782
    @nathaniellevesque2782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As my mom loved to say, "Idiots are born every minute"

    • @DinJaevel
      @DinJaevel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My father say "the last idiot isn't born yet."

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nathaniel Levesque
      Your mom sounds kind of depressing (My mom said the same thing!).

    • @allanrichardson1468
      @allanrichardson1468 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And a Southern mom would add, "bless their little hearts!"

    • @frederickj.7136
      @frederickj.7136 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...while affixing a red "Make America Great Again" cap atop the little dears' heads.

    • @agoogleuser4443
      @agoogleuser4443 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or Forrest Gump-stupid is as stupid does.

  • @shaggybaggums
    @shaggybaggums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel a bit guilty for laughing my head off at that jet ski image.

  • @daemonredfield3211
    @daemonredfield3211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There's an actor who was taking a break from a shootout scene and thought Russian Roulette with a gun loaded Blanks was safe, not knowing the fragments at point blank range could be deadly.

    • @flyboy152
      @flyboy152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The actor is Jon-Erik Hexum, and he wasn't playing Russian Roulette. He was using a prop automatic pistol with blanks.

  • @patrickwall8517
    @patrickwall8517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I enjoyed this. I kept waiting for Jeff Foxworthy to pop up and say "here's your sign."

  • @macdaniel6029
    @macdaniel6029 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Hehe, they deserved it. As someone said: Lets take the safety warnigs off of everything and let nature do its thing.

    • @fredworthmn
      @fredworthmn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Unfortunately the vast majority of stupidity is rewarded with non lethal damage and the tax payer is stuck with the recurring medical costs for decades because the victim of his/her own stupidity can not work because of those injuries.

    • @barneynedward
      @barneynedward 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fredworthmn sadly The people who ignore those warning labels wouldn't be capable of reading them in the first place.

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only take off the obvious safety warning

  • @RustyShackleford101
    @RustyShackleford101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Best Darwin Award winner was the 3 guys who decided to play Russian Roulette with a landmine by stamping on it

    • @darkamora5123
      @darkamora5123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Andy Revell nah look up the guy who won one without dying. Lost his ability to reproduce losing a bet (and having a bad friend) when he tried to put his testicles in a golf ball cleaner at a golf course. He balanced on a golf club, his friend turned the crank, he lost balance ripping his scrotum, the pain made him faint, and he fell to the ground completely removing his testicles, and the device closed turning his balls to paste. He didn't die, just wished he had.

    • @GigawingsVideo
      @GigawingsVideo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Talking about Russian Roulette there's a Russian guy who play Russian roulette.... with magazine system, in a wedding party.

    • @grahamnumber7123
      @grahamnumber7123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@darkamora5123 that's nuts

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Graham Number7 that hurt in more ways then one.

  • @andreabergstrom983
    @andreabergstrom983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was college, I heard about an accident in my home town of Hanburg, New York, USA. An 18-year-old young man was leaving the village, driving with a friend , on a state highway that has a clearly marked sharp left turn nit far from town. There was a large maple tree off the right side of the highway just beyond the apex of the turn.. Apoarently afflicted with the illusion of immortality that many males of that age posses, the fellow was driving way above the posted speed limit and lost control at the turn. The car hit the tree and wrapped itself around the tree to the extent that the vehicle was bent in half and wrapped almost completely around the tree.Both guys were killed instantly. This, however stupid, is not the Darwin Award candidate. After the tragic story of the crash was heard around town, 2 of the dead driver's friends wondered how fast the car had to have been going to cause the driver to lose control and crash so violently. So, they decided to find out. The pair of young mèn sped around the corner at about 70 miles per hour. The driver negotiated the turn with no problem. So the teens tried again, increasing the speed . Still no skid or control loss. So they tried faster, and then again faster. The neighbors got concerned when they kept hearing a spoeding car zoom by and started counting the passes. On the 4th or 5th try the teens found out exactly how fast their friends had been going when they crashed. The driver lost control on the turn, the car skidded and smashed into the tree so hard it bent in half and wrapped almost completely around the tree killing both young men instantly. The second pair of young men are are my nominees for Darwin Awards..

  • @robertfolkner9253
    @robertfolkner9253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some points on that snake handler Church: the snakes aren’t prone to bite frequently since they are handled almost continuously from birth and are more or less domesticated.
    The church also involves drinking poison, strychnine in fact- but it is first enormously diluted with water to the point of being harmless.

  • @sea_triscuit7980
    @sea_triscuit7980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    America is #1!!! Whooooooooo! I'm gonna do a cartwheel off my roof to celebrate brb

  • @darkashtar
    @darkashtar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    For snake handlers, if they really want to prove that god will protect them they should start using golden lancehead snakes.

    • @hogfather22
      @hogfather22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or come to Australia, where most of the deadliest snakes (and other creatures) in the world live.

    • @darkashtar
      @darkashtar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      hogfather22 I would love to go to Australia, but the golden lancehead is on snake island, it's actually quite deadly, if you
      Get a chance, vice has a great video about it.

    • @darkashtar
      @darkashtar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hogfather22 also, just have to ask, is your name a reference to discworld?

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      darkashtar I live in Manitoba, the site of the world’s largest annual reptilian orgy. Thousands of garter snakes gather in one place in Narcisse, Manitoba and all writhe in one gigantic mass of horny reptilian flesh. And they don’t care who watches them!

  • @12799MaDeuce
    @12799MaDeuce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I swear your said "a pasta from Zimbabwe"

  • @jossylove
    @jossylove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your sarcasm 😂

  • @aurorawolfe6060
    @aurorawolfe6060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Kentucky man dies from snake bite at church service" so we had 'Florida man', now we also have 'Kentucky man'!

  • @epicrob1694
    @epicrob1694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    We should call it the "Hold my Beer" award for American dudes.

    • @purechaos454
      @purechaos454 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      EpicRob or aussies lol

  • @1969Kismet
    @1969Kismet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wendy Northcutt publishes a book every year since 2000 called:"The Darwin Awards." She should be credited for this.

    • @stevenvanhulle7242
      @stevenvanhulle7242 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      She should if he took the stories from the book. You can find these and similar stories all over the interwebs, though. Maybe that's where Wendy found them too...

  • @donovanvang142
    @donovanvang142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    do another list of darwin award winners please

  • @strynger20
    @strynger20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “The United States has the most winners of Darwin” Sounds about right

    • @felatiome331
      @felatiome331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Merica also has the most Darwin deniers in the world.

  • @NebukedNezzer
    @NebukedNezzer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like the one where the guy liked to climb scenic power poles. one night he took along a 6 pack of beer. drinking the beer made him need to piss. he pissed on the power wire and it knocked him off the pole.

  • @alicjak700
    @alicjak700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I feel like an awful person for how much I laughed at these xD

    • @kareneverard5260
      @kareneverard5260 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should see the Darwin Awards movie, if you haven't already. It's hilarious.

    • @lizatanzawa7910
      @lizatanzawa7910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alicja Kaźmierczak (at least I'm no the only one!!)

    • @AgentDev542
      @AgentDev542 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So... was Darwin a Dipship too? 😂😂😂

    • @topofthepalm
      @topofthepalm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I KNOW......7, 4, and the highway mooning one.......dead at each one......well, them literally, me just laughing

    • @ianfrazier4588
      @ianfrazier4588 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Alicja Kaźmierczak glad I'm not the only one. I laughed at most of these.

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You should know that every time an American see someone on a motorcycle without a helmet we believe that that person is an idiot! It does not impede on your freedoms to save your life.

  • @jenniferbrewer5370
    @jenniferbrewer5370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    My feeling on helmet laws? Two words - GARY BUSEY.

    • @jamesmeritt6800
      @jamesmeritt6800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jennifer Brewer: my two words-organ donor.

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jennifer Brewer Gary once snorted cocaine off his dog.

    • @CrazyBear65
      @CrazyBear65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let those who ride decide. It's not up to Big Brother to force anything on anyone.

    • @martyg6753
      @martyg6753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CrazyBear65 so kids can get guns, alcohol and tobacco? Meth should be legal?

    • @robertstoneking7916
      @robertstoneking7916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      California got rid of a helmet law because it was cheaper to bury the helmetless dead than take care of the helmeted cripples.

  • @1stPCFerret
    @1stPCFerret 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just a note for snake handlers: snakes do NOT like being bounced up and down as the bald guy holding the handful of snakes on his head is doing.

  • @ROGER2095
    @ROGER2095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FYI - I successfully went over Niagara Falls and lived to tell about it! I did it twice - both times in a Boeing 747.

  • @rickyhunt4075
    @rickyhunt4075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I nominate the American Missionary who went to the North Sentinel Islands to convert the natives to Christianity despite not being able to speak their language.

    • @colinlatham7905
      @colinlatham7905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was he one of the pastas that Simon keeps talking about?

    • @rickyhunt4075
      @rickyhunt4075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colinlatham7905 Pastas?

  • @mountain_seeker1635
    @mountain_seeker1635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The last words said before someone wins a Darwin Award is "Hey Watch This" or "Hold My Beer"

  • @FlavioDeBern92
    @FlavioDeBern92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "natural selection happens every day"
    you make it seem as if natural selection at its current pace was able to even remotely catch up to artificial degeneration.

  • @edwinodhiambo758
    @edwinodhiambo758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "....and out of any country in the world, the US has the most winners by far..." This has to be the most satisfying statement of the whole video...

  • @keithbuckenmeyer8659
    @keithbuckenmeyer8659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lemmings have their thing... we have the “Darwin Awards”. 😂👍

  • @GamerForLifeDrakunia
    @GamerForLifeDrakunia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Simon... 30 and no sign of ageing? Make a top 10 on how to be kept young.

    • @6yjjk
      @6yjjk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When your hair starts falling out, glue it to your chin :D

    • @GamerForLifeDrakunia
      @GamerForLifeDrakunia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhh :)

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Put a magical portrait of yourself in the attic and let it age instead of you... surefire way, nothing can go wrong here.

    • @ghosetclosetanimals4life667
      @ghosetclosetanimals4life667 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's bald and has wrinkles on his forehead...

  • @desel8737
    @desel8737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    my alltime favorite is a guy who playing russian roulette with a semi- automatic pistol

    • @pault1964
      @pault1964 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexander Rüffer guitarist from Chicago transit authority

    • @johnopalko5223
      @johnopalko5223 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really clear on the concept of semi-automatic, was he?

  • @IggyStardust1967
    @IggyStardust1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    American child: starts to stick a knife into a power socket.
    Adults nearby: "Don't do that, it could kill you."
    American child: "Stop trying to oppress me, I have rights!"
    Nature: "Oh well."

  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The snake story, in fact all these stories sound like they should start out, "A Florida Man..."

  • @ant-1382
    @ant-1382 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are the best vids of there type, to the point no idle chatter [ filler ] and no stupid music. Thanks!

  • @longboardngingnorcal
    @longboardngingnorcal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lmfao I'm from South Eastern KY, Pentecostals are absolutely insane (I was raised in a Pentecostal church). I've personally seen a couple preachers get bit by snakes, needless to say I was kicked out for laughing.

  • @Lizzie-sp5dq
    @Lizzie-sp5dq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Otago Township? Otago is a province in the South Island of New Zealand with Dunedin being the most populated city - approximately 150,000 souls

  • @ihavenoideahowtodeleteyout6427
    @ihavenoideahowtodeleteyout6427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This makes me feel better about falling into the sarlacc

  • @4Corry
    @4Corry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They probably left out the detail for James Young that he probably would’ve asked for help except there were signs everywhere saying “we are not responsible for your lost belongings” and what they mean by that is they have to remain lost as getting them back whether it’s yourself or with employee help is banned.

  • @littlephoot6931
    @littlephoot6931 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching all you're old top tenz and being surprised you don't start them off "it's me, Simon, your boy with the top ten" :) lol

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am, as far as I know, immortal. I have had several brushes with death (including a "near drowning") and have escaped every time.
    I have not actually tested my immortality deliberately and I am only 48 years old, so it's still possible I might not be immortal after all.

  • @SuperMarioJustin4
    @SuperMarioJustin4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1. Anti-vaxxers

    • @debpatterson4645
      @debpatterson4645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're murderers, not self-inflicted. True, they're limiting their ability to have viable heirs by killing their kids off too quickly to spawn more.

  • @LordDice1
    @LordDice1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    The winners are all losers. 😆

    • @pallekanin91
      @pallekanin91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      greenrobot5
      Did you just read the title? The person’s deserves every bit of it. Thank you for unsubbing :)

    • @quintenwhyte6660
      @quintenwhyte6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Winners can be losers

    • @Heathcoatman
      @Heathcoatman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Google 'Dunning Kruger Effect'. Dumb people usually think they are really really smart. Ever talk to a rabid Trump supporter? They prove DK is accurate.

    • @anelbre0904
      @anelbre0904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @pokeybit
      @pokeybit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just think, a million morons must've jumped off cliffs for you to be here. You don't sound very grateful? @greenrobot5

  • @AirCrash1
    @AirCrash1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Number one is that ex-American Sniper Chris Kyle who took a soldier suffering from PTSD down to a shooting range for therapy and was promptly shot dead.

  • @Bropann
    @Bropann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have followed Darwin awards on and off for years. I can say conclusively that the best, most ridiculous awards I have heard of would knock all ten of these off this top ten list. There are some examples among winners and placers that are absolutely astounding. This list has none of them.

    • @tedbreckner
      @tedbreckner 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quite right. This is a pretty dreary list.

  • @rivertrash9862
    @rivertrash9862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I wonder how much we've altered the trajectory of our species by using technology and other stuff to reduce dangers and minimize death in general. doesn't sound serious at first, but we've drastically reduced death rates, especially due to idiocy or lack of "survival skills" like hunting, fishing, building shelter, etc.

    • @Chalky.
      @Chalky. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Minnesota Fatz Nothing has been altered because having a trajectory would mean Humans have a fixed path, but of course the only trajectory is the circle of life.

    • @rivertrash9862
      @rivertrash9862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Chalky thats haha what? you do not need a fixed path for a trajectory, all line graphs have a trajectory. so do all projectiles and that trajectory can be altered.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Minnesota Fatz
      You just proved Chaljys argument. There are many trajectories and many paths...

    • @rivertrash9862
      @rivertrash9862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      christine paris wow yall are being completely ridiculous. you're acting as if I'm talking about desriny, I'm simply talking about evolution and i used trajectory as a figure of speech for trends. that's very simple to understand, we use words like that to describe stuff all the time.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Genetic diseases also. They blame the plague of diabetes on our diet; the fact is 150 years ago a diabetic generally died before being old enough to reproduce. Instead now we've had 5 generations of diabetics producing more diabetics ever since insulin was discovered.

  • @marissateresa_
    @marissateresa_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My tìo wanted to impress a girl he met at the lake (it was the 50's) so he goes & jumps off a boulder into the water. Your boy couldn't swim! He died! Not just a little. All dead. My grandma when asked about it would say, he would've never made it anyway. He was too weak 🙄

    • @dalesplitstone6276
      @dalesplitstone6276 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At the hotel where I worked a teenager dived head first into the shallow end of the pool. He hit his head on the edge of one of the concrete steps for entering the pool and died instantly.

  • @theImprobableSteve
    @theImprobableSteve 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    More Darwin Award videos please.

  • @TzuCraft
    @TzuCraft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @0:44 The Darwin award predates the internet actually. I remember a science teacher talking about it in the early 90's

  • @jameskingston4075
    @jameskingston4075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What I found the most amusing made the local TV news in the UK in the early 1990s, where a teenager told the rest of his friends that he was going to 'lick the live rail' as they crossed the railway tracks at a station!

  • @brianallen9810
    @brianallen9810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the picture of the kid screaming as her dad take a selfy of them both on a bike. That picture could only come from the Netherlands.

    • @lizehhh
      @lizehhh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I thought, but the number plate on the car would suggest otherwise

  • @dragancrnogorac3851
    @dragancrnogorac3851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In one village (Elemir) in Serbia popular thing was to stand next to the road on scooter and wait for car to arrive then cross road at very last moment (kids these days). All that was happening at dark with lights off. Surprisingly car hit two kids on their scooter. Who would think that can happen. Girl was dead instantly and boy survived but his brain is damaged to the point where he can't talk or walk and life is locked to wheel chair and tablet PC to point at letters what he wants to tell you. Really dumb way to die

    • @Arkie80
      @Arkie80 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they say Boomers are stupid.

  • @nckoes
    @nckoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *When you tell Americans to do anything they will tell think you are infringing on their freedoms.* Yeah, 2 years later...... hold our beer.

  • @c8Lorraine1
    @c8Lorraine1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dumb ways to die, began as an ad campaign to dissuade youth from peer pressure to play chicken with commuter trains. A brief given to Dee Madigan by Melbourne Metro Australia. She went on to collect numerous awards including one at Cannes. The campaign was a game changer for Dee who went on to become an industry consultant